• Entertainers perform on a stage at the New Year’s Eve family celebration along the Maryah Island promenade in front of Galleria mall. Delores Johnson / The National
    Entertainers perform on a stage at the New Year’s Eve family celebration along the Maryah Island promenade in front of Galleria mall. Delores Johnson / The National
  • Revellers enjoy the last night of 2014 at Dubai Amphitheatre. Satish Kumar / The National
    Revellers enjoy the last night of 2014 at Dubai Amphitheatre. Satish Kumar / The National
  • The New Year’s Eve family celebration along the Maryah Island promenade in front of Galleria mall. Delores Johnson / The National
    The New Year’s Eve family celebration along the Maryah Island promenade in front of Galleria mall. Delores Johnson / The National
  • Crowds gather on New Year’s Eve at the Dubai Amphitheatre. Satish Kumar / The National
    Crowds gather on New Year’s Eve at the Dubai Amphitheatre. Satish Kumar / The National
  • Faten Elkammouni and Mostafa Mahmoud at the New Year’s Eve celebration along the Maryah Island promenade. Delores Johnson / The National )
    Faten Elkammouni and Mostafa Mahmoud at the New Year’s Eve celebration along the Maryah Island promenade. Delores Johnson / The National )
  • Performers entertain the crowd at the New Year’s Eve family celebration along the Maryah Island promenade in front of Galleria mall. Delores Johnson / The National
    Performers entertain the crowd at the New Year’s Eve family celebration along the Maryah Island promenade in front of Galleria mall. Delores Johnson / The National
  • Crowds enjoy the Chaka Khan concert at the New Year’s Eve show at the Dubai Amphitheatre. Satish Kumar / The National
    Crowds enjoy the Chaka Khan concert at the New Year’s Eve show at the Dubai Amphitheatre. Satish Kumar / The National
  • Fireworks at the Burj Khalifa usher in the new year. Jeffrey E Biteng / The National
    Fireworks at the Burj Khalifa usher in the new year. Jeffrey E Biteng / The National
  • Fireworks explode over the water at the Galleria mall promenade on Maryah Island promenade. Delores Johnson / The National
    Fireworks explode over the water at the Galleria mall promenade on Maryah Island promenade. Delores Johnson / The National
  • People take in the firework display during a New Year celebration on January 1, 2015 in Dubai. Karim Sahib / AFP
    People take in the firework display during a New Year celebration on January 1, 2015 in Dubai. Karim Sahib / AFP
  • Fireworks light up the sky around the Burj Al Arab hotel in celebration of the new year. Reem Mohammed / The National
    Fireworks light up the sky around the Burj Al Arab hotel in celebration of the new year. Reem Mohammed / The National
  • Fireworks explode over Downtown Dubai to ring in 2015. Sarah Dea / The National
    Fireworks explode over Downtown Dubai to ring in 2015. Sarah Dea / The National
  • DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Fireworks explode over Downtown Dubai to ring in 2015 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, December 28, 2014. (Photos by: Sarah Dea/The National, Story by: Standalone, News)
    DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Fireworks explode over Downtown Dubai to ring in 2015 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, December 28, 2014. (Photos by: Sarah Dea/The National, Story by: Standalone, News)
  • Jan 1, 2015- Dubai ushers in 2015 with world’s most-watched New Year’s Eve spectacle by Emaar in Downtown Dubai Courtesy Emaar
    Jan 1, 2015- Dubai ushers in 2015 with world’s most-watched New Year’s Eve spectacle by Emaar in Downtown Dubai Courtesy Emaar

The UAE rings in 2015 - in pictures


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Revellers turned out in the millions to celebrate the new year across the UAE.

In Dubai, crowds watched in awe as a six-part firework, laser and LED show illuminated the Burj Khalifa and Downtown Dubai.

In Abu Dhabi, the celebrations were more subdued but just as spectacular. Thousands lined the Corniche, and crowded into hotels and restaurants along the waterfront to watch the annual fireworks display.